The departures comes amid figures contested by Green that Topshop‘s sales fell by 11 per cent over the Christmas trading period.

The news will pile further pressure on the retail mogul, who continues to fight an increasingly bitter battle over the demise of BHS, facing calls to provide £350 million from his own pocket to aid the huge pensions deficit.

Last week the BHS debacle took another unpleasant turn for Green, as Dominic Chappell, the man he sold the department store chain to for just £1, has issued a £14 million legal challenge to Green and Arcadia over a deal made prior to the companies messy downfall.